im not sure about the season durations in the southern tier,

but what about doing crossbow the last week of bowseason and through muzzleloader season?
but i would not be in favor of another tag for crossbow, either use a bow or ML tag for them.

its called compromise


buck alley, i dont know who your friends are, but anyone that thinks a hunting season is too long is out of their minds. if they get tired of hunting, they can call me up and ill hunt their land for the second half of season
i wish northern zone's seasons were later. i would say move the gun season back a week(starting and ending date), and fill in the week with an extra week of bow/ML/X-bow season. I dont think we need any earlier season in september.